Global Pharmaceutical Industry Witnesses 400 + M&A

The global pharmaceutical industry has seen significant M&As from 2014 to the first half of 2019 in the gene therapy, immuno-oncology, microbiome and orphan drugs therapeutic segments, according to a report by Global Data. In its latest report, the research firm mentions that the North America pharmaceutical industry witnessed two times more acquisitions than Europe and seven times more than the APAC region.

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Some of the most impactful acquisitions made in the pharmaceutical space within the past five years include the acquisition of Shire by Takeda and Bristol-Myers Squibb acquiring Celgene.

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London/UK – From 2014 to the first half (H1) of 2019, the global pharmaceutical industry saw more than 400 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the gene therapy, immuno-oncology, microbiome and orphan drugs therapeutic categories. The M&As that involved immuno-oncology and/or orphan drug assets continue to dominate this deal space, according to Global Data, a leading data and analytics company.

The company’s latest report, ‘Deal-Making Trends in Pharma – Thematic Research’, reveals that the North America pharmaceutical industry saw two times more acquisitions than Europe and seven times more than the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Europe had three times as many acquisitions than APAC.

Jesus Cuaron, PhD, PPM, Associate Director of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease (CVMD), as well as Gender Health Pharma at Global Data, comments: “North America not only leads in the total number of acquisitions, but also across each therapeutic theme. Acquisitions revolving around immuno-oncology assets were the most prominent across the three geographic regions, while acquisitions of microbiome therapies remained low across the board. In the APAC region, no acquisitions were made that involved significant microbiome assets.”

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Some of the most impactful acquisitions made in the pharmaceutical space within the past five years include the acquisition of Shire by Takeda, which was worth approximately 80 billion dollars and completed on January 7, 2019; and Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) acquiring Celgene.

Cuaron continues: “Large-value deals are becoming more common, signalling a new strategy in which stakeholders capitalise on the strengths of other companies to overcome barriers to financial success. These large-value acquisitions are game-changers for the pharmaceutical industry, and will cause a ripple of activity within the top pharma companies.”

Global Data expects that the pharmaceutical industry will continue to be attractive for high volumes of deal activity in the future. This is owing to the fact that big pharma has a track record of making deals with companies that focus on highly specialised biologics and other high-value therapies.

Cuaron concludes: “In general, pharma companies that have sparse/non-diverse pipelines and/or have top revenue drugs that are nearing patent expiration and subsequent generic erosion are the ones that will usually be on the watch to acquire, merge or initiate an asset transaction with another company. These companies are looking to boost their pipeline with newer, more innovative assets and technologies. Although licensing agreements are lower in cost, acquisitions continue to constitute a significant number of deals in the pharmaceutical industry, as an acquisition allows the acquirer to gain complete control over the assets of interest.”

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